Preparations are progressing for the establishment of a new joint venture company for a cold storage business in Vietnam by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line), Cool Japan Fund, and Japan Logistic Systems Corp.... Read More

Pallet pooling service provider Loscam has opened a ‘super depot’in Wang Noi, Ayutthaya Province, Thailand. It is the company’ssecond largest depot investment since China Merchants’ acquisitionin 2010.... Read More

Global consumer confidence started 2015 with an index score of 97 – an increase of one point from fourth quarter 2014 and from a year-ago, according to the Nielsen Global Survey of Consumer Confidence and Spending Intentions.... Read More

C-Level Conversation

As companies in the region shift their focus from domestic to international markets, their cross-border trade will most likely grow in size and complexity, as will logistics requirements and exposure to supply chain-related risks. ELAINE LOW, CEVA LogisticsÊ¼ EVP for South East Asia, sat down with Logistics Insight Asia to talk about growth opportunities and managing volatility in the current economy. Excerpts:... Read More

While manufacturers currently employ two forms of automated data collection in their warehouses – barcodes and RFID systems – there is much hype as to whether RFID will end up taking over the barcode. By PEDRO HENRIQUE FURTADO.... Read More

The trend toward individualization continues, and with it the diff erentiation and diversity of the products and services on off er. This development presents the logistics industry – order picking, in particular – with big challenges. ABBAS JAMALIAN, chief software developer at Kardex Software GmbH, outlines the potential off ered by software.... Read More

Strategy & Business

Speedmark Singapore, an international freight forwarding and logistics service provider, recently celebrated its 30th anniversary at Mandarin Orchard, Singapore. Logistics Insight Asia caught up with PAUL TEO, VP of South Asia Centre, for a chat over the companyÊ¼s future plans in the APAC region and beyond.... Read More

As Asia graduates from the omni-channel era, we see a trend of moving from a Ê»needs-basedÊ¼ to Ê»wants-basedÊ¼ purchasing – the birth of what is called Ê»personal supply chainÊ¼. By GARETH JUDE and CHARLIE MACDONALD.... Read More

Editor's Comment

Never before have supply chain risk management and the corresponding need for transparency in global supply chains attracted as much attention on high political levels as it did at the latest G7 Summit held in Germany.... Read More

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